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Whenever the Duchess went abroad, they used to get all the jewels out of the bank,

and they would spread them over the Duchess's bed, in her bedroom in the Guadaboulogne.

And it looked like an Aladdin's cave.

And then Maria the maid would come in with her blue dress,

which the Duchess was going to take with her.

And then the Duchess would select which jewels she thought would be appropriate for that.

And those jewels would be insured, and all the other jewels went back into the bank again.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewelly, an author, broadcaster, and the woman who initiated the role of jewelry editor at magazines like Tatler and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone.

For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry, and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales meeting all sorts of people

delving into four centuries of jewellery culture

and investigate what's happening now.

Thank you. and investigate what's happening now. We have a change of episode today by Order of Buckingham Palace, no less, because there's some

things we were going to talk about this week that they haven't released yet.

So we're holding on to that one.

We will be taking you into Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle in a future episode.

But we're sticking with our royal theme this week in Platinum Jubilee Week.

We are delighted to be talking with the award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, Hugo Vickers.

Today we're going to talk about the American divorced socialite who captured the heart of a prince.

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